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Contact forms enable visitors to our sites to send us emails without having to expose our email address to potential spammers. I've been using Kontactr to embed a contact form in this site for years now, and still believe it is the most ideal solution for those using the Blogger platform. However, it seems my previous tutorial is now out of date! Recently, Kontactr added CAPTCHA functionality to their forms which makes even more difficult for spammers to abuse the facility. We can also now customize the appearance of the form to match the design of our sites. Here is a comprehensive tutorial to help Blogger users embed a functional, customizable contact form for their blog using Kontactr. Create your free Kontactr account Go to Kontactr and click the " Sign Up Now " button to create your free account: You will need to type your name, choose a username, type your email address and choose a password. When choosing a username, bear in mind that a hoste...

While creating a client's website (using Blogger, of course), I decided to try using Google Docs to create a comprehensive contact form. The form was wonderful: with a bit of tweaking, I was able to embed a CSS styled form (rather than use an iframe); validate required fields with jQuery; redirect to a custom "thank you" page, and even have the form submissions emailed directly to the client! Feeling rather happy with the results, I created a similar contact form for the contact page and was in the process of writing up a tutorial when I realized my inbox was rapidly filling up with spam. Which was unfortunately delivered by my Google Docs-based contact form. Sadly, I haven't (yet!) been able to find a Blogger-compatible solution to create a Google-based contact form with spam filtering and emailed submissions, so I've reverted back to my previous contact form . I'm still hopeful that a method to prevent (most) spam submissions is still possible, s...

While researching customization methods for my forthcoming eBook, I was really impressed at how easy it is to add a Lightbox-style contact form to our sites using ThickBox: Using Thickbox to display a contact form in this way enables your readers to email you without having to leave the page. We can add this functionality in a simple HTML gadget, and there is no need to edit the HTML of our template at all. In this post, I'll explain how easy it is to add a lightbox-style contact form to your Blogger blog using Thickbox and a free Kontactr account. Create a contact form with Kontactr At present, Blogger does not offer the means to integrate a contact form natively in our blogs. Since we cannot (easily) use PHP in our Blogger templates, the ideal solution is to use an external service to generate a contact form. My preferred service for simple contact forms is Kontactr - I've been using Kontactr for several years now, and have found this to be both reliable and ...

Gadget directory , I've been keeping track of new submissions and developing several gadgets of my own . While Blogger's directory is searchable, I realised that many bloggers would find descriptive reviews, screenshots, developer details and installation instructions a useful addition to the brief descriptions offered in the directory listings. So I decided to create Gadgets for Blogger - a searchable directory of gadgets which have been developed specifically for the Blogger platform. Each gadget listed in this directory features: The gadget title A full description of the gadget Screenshot of the gadget in action Details of ads included in the gadget (where applicable) Contact/website details of the gadget developer (where possible)  Quick install link, to add the gadget to your blog without having to navigate to your Blogger dashboard and through various menus to locate the installation link. All gadgets listed on Gadgets for Blogger have been tested first, t...